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At about the same time Mrs. Fleming was telling Gareth about the severely allergic reaction Nails had had to laudanum, Lucien's informer was standing at the window, reading the missive that had just arrived from the duke.
My brother is at Swanthorpe Manor in Abingdon, Berkshire. I am not easy with the situation in which he has involved himself. Go there immediately and report back to me daily, and if there is trouble I wish to know about it at once. This time, do not lose him.
Blackheath
The last four words were double-underscored. This was serious, then. Very serious.
Chilcot folded the note, put it into his pocket, and called for his horse. He would go immediately to Abingdon, keeping a low profile until the rest of the Den members could join him there.
By the tone of Blackheath's note, there was no time to lose.